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Hi, my name is James from Louisiana, USA. I am converting my Mk2 Jetta 16V to be a Syncro. I purchased the complete drive-train from a Canadian car, it is a 1993 Passat G60 Syncro. I’ve been doing research on things to get this done. I understand the body and sheet metal modifications that will need to be done as well as the fuel tank. I am going to source some of the body parts from Europe and the fuel tank too, yes I know shipping will be astronomical. I’ll keep the Viscous and not upgrade to Haldex because I plan to keep the 16V engine under 300 hp. I’ll have to work out things like clutch and pressure plate, CV joints, shift linkage, brake lines and the small details. I’m not sure if I’ll use the Jetta or Passat brakes in the front, my car doesn’t have ABS. I’ll probably use the Passat brakes in the rear as they are part of the assembly already and since my car is a 16V it does have rear disc brakes already, I may have to use a mixture of the Passat and Jetta rear brakes. I have already learned from this forum that my PL engine does not have the mounts on it for the angle drive bracket, so I’ll be doing a 9A block to my car also and later a possible turbo.
good project there! Have a look on vwvortex to as a few have done this conversion in Canada and the US. Please share your findings if you can add anything new to the threads on here already
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Welcome!
Thank you for the welcome. This will be a slow going project because I want to use the factory panels from a Syncro and I know it will be difficult and expensive to ship those from Europe. I would like a factory fuel tank as well instead of a made to order cell.